clint246clint wrote:Many thanks to SEED78 for his involvement with firmware testing, and GALEGATRON for the parts list below. In addition to the listed parts you will need the Acard SCSI to IDE bridge AEC-7720U

galegatron wrote:here is what i used for my internal card reader..if i remember it correctly...

Here is a listing of important threads relating to the installation of internal Compact Flash/ZIP drive. There is a number of ways to do this and peeps seem to disagree what the cleanest way to do it is.

The letter code(s) (C,A / J / E,V,B,S), which indicate the primary destination(s) of the MPC3000, can be found on a stick on label above the AC power inlet/switch/supply on the rear/back edge of the faceplate.

I just put the RazinMonster into mine a couple of days ago -painless installation and it works great! I am using a transcend 1gig 133x card and RS-16X to make programs on the computer and load them on the MPC. So far it's flawless.

for people who are interested in getting a cheep led backlit display for their mpc.I made this picture here: The picture shows the displays board ( https://www.baco-army-goods.nl/grafisch ... g-syl.html ) from the backside. The red marked pins must be disconnected with the soldering iron and something to pull them off.

the 10 pins on the left can be looked up in the service manual, actually you can you the original cable or just a new one.It is to big for the original housing but i removed the glass of the display housing then it fits in with with space on the left and on the right side of the displays metal frame. I filled this up with a 3d printed plastic part. you can just take hotglue or so.

I am too lazy too give more information. it is a really easy hack but it too long for me to find the right display. I tried also reverse engineering the original display ->catch the signal with an microcontroller -> and be able to send it to any display. but i am happy that there was a much easier solution and i can forgot these stressfull stuff.good luck with the hack